This is a really great summation of the show.

Also known as: All my oddly specific dreams coming true.

Shhh, don't tell my editors.

If it helps, I always list any specific "spoilers" (or whatever we want to call them) after I embed the video I'm writing about. So if you don't want foreknowledge of any specific jokes, just watch the video as soon as you come to it in the article. Or if you don't actually want to watch the video, like Dikachu, you…

I also wrote this if it helps, it's linked in the first paragraph over the question "Are they feminist?": http://boingboing.net/2014/…

"The homepage takeover comes in response to a sexual assault controversy unfolding in the New York comedy community over the past week."

Nope, it's just wherever the video originates from. The pet store posted this one to their Facebook page so I wanted to give them the credit rather than link to any of the YouTube channels that had ripped it.

Furthermore, these outlets manage to apply their faux-intellectual styles to the male celebrities they profile without objectifying them in the same way. That's where the double standard comes in.

Maybe. But I think it becomes a real problem (as in not just lame writing) when that style is used to perpetuate a social disparity. Faux-intellectualizing about the theme of the latest Michel Gondry movie isn't going to hurt anyone. But hiding sexism behind a veneer of artistic expression makes it even more difficult…

To some extent I picked the words "optimist" and "cynical" precisely because they're so broad and I'm discussing nebulous ideas that can't really be proven one way or the other. Of course there are equally valid readings of the shows in the reverse direction because to some extent this all comes down to what…

See that's actually what sells me most on Game Of Thrones pessimism. I genuinely can't imagine this world evolving into the Renaissance. In fact, I'm pretty sure Westeros has been stuck in a medieval period for, like, 4,000 years longer than our real medieval one. That's a very cynical take on history to me (as much…

Thanks!

I was wondering that too. If that's the case, I like that they made it a
plot point rather than just acting like she was somewhere in the church
where we couldn't see her.

Comments definitely help, I think, although they aren't the be-all-end-all. I'm actually not too tied into the business end of things so I don't have the full details. But the fact that the show is becoming buzzworthy again (just in general) is a good sign.

Not only is it still on, it's ABC's highest-rated drama!

I'm thinking she'll still pop up in some episodes, just not as a series regular. Otherwise I don't understand why her goodbye Twitter message is so ambiguous.

Good point about the telling and not showing. I think my favorite Jo moment is when she freaks out Alex by bursting into tears then reveals she learned to fake cry to get sympathy on the street. More stuff like that would be great.

Honestly, the best thing you can do is read/share this review. I'd love to review the show again next season, but it will just come down to how much traffic these articles get.

No worries! We've all been there!

To be honest, I didn't put a lot of thought into it. If I had to analyze the choice I would say it's because the term "gay" generally encompasses both gay men and lesbian women. And since I was discussing lesbian Elsa as a representative for the larger gay community, it seemed like the better choice?